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"Though it&amp;#39;s only been 42 days since the news of Kristen Stewart&amp;#39;s affair with Rupert Sanders surfaced, I feel like I wrote this original post on the rumor (then the confirmed news) a decade ago. Looking back at the (63!) comments, it&amp;#39;s clear: you guys had heated opinions on this one.\nAnd I caught a lot of flack for suggesting (before Kristen released her statement) that we all give her the benefit of the doubt before jumping all over her.\nPinterestFacebookTo be honest, I&amp;#39;m not sure, as someone who has covered a million and a half celebrity scandals, what made me feel instinctively sympathetic to Kristen then--but I do know why I feel that way now.\nYes, you heard me right: I&amp;#39;m still feeling for Kristen, and not just because Jodie Foster told me to. Rather, it&amp;#39;s because she&amp;#39;s done an extremely common bad thing and been villainized in an extremely uncommon way.\nThe gals on Smitten could back me up here: as celebrity news consumers, we&amp;#39;re fixated on the cheating chapter--the part where we find out whose fault this is, and who they got mixed up with in the process. We bear down hard on the guy when he cheats, but I think our judge-o-meters turn up to octane level when it&amp;#39;s the girl. Because we&amp;#39;d never do that, right?\nPinterestFacebookYou don&amp;#39;t have to actually answer that, because you&amp;#39;re not Kristen Stewart--who has spent the 42 days since her frank apology being studiously quiet, avoiding eye contact with paparazzi and cycling through the necessary post-breakup wardrobe (comfies, his shirt, dazzling I&amp;#39;m-back gown and glow, as documented by the Beauty girls this morning). Oh, right: and weathering her parents&amp;#39; divorce.\nHere, from that Toronto red carpet she walked last night (as, a world away, Rob intro&amp;#39;d the VMA Twilight clip), is that Kristen moment that made me truly admire her response to all this:\nPinterestFacebookKristen Stewart signs autographs for the &amp;#39;On The Road&amp;#39; premiere during Toronto Film Festival.\nPictured: Kristen Stewart\nRef: SPL433261 060912\nPicture by: Macca / Splash News\nSplash News and Pictures\nLos Angeles:310-821-2666\nNew York:212-619-2666\nLondon:870-934-2666\nphotodesk@splashnews.com\nPHOTO: Macca / Splash NewsSo she&amp;#39;s signing autographs. Big deal, right? Well, imagine for a moment you&amp;#39;ve personally dismantled the fantasies of millions of Twihards. Something tells me that as you walked towards a throng of fans for the first time, your heart would be pounding, and your prayer would go something like this: Please don&amp;#39;t yell at me, please don&amp;#39;t trick me, please don&amp;#39;t throw some weirdo bucket of faux-vampire-blood on me to make a point about how much I&amp;#39;ve let you down.\nThis is the world-stage definition of getting back out there, people, presented by the most maligned female star in recent memory (maybe since Angelina Jolie, who, unlike Kristen, never had the guts to admit what very likely went down). Say what you will about Kristen: she&amp;#39;s brave. And sure, Robert Pattinson is classy and strong. And, despite what the t-shirts would tell you, none of us are actually legally obligated to choose a TEAM.\nWe can just agree that: yes, she must have been out of her mind for a moment and yes, the attention goes along with the trillion-dollar paychecks. And also that: yes, we&amp;#39;re so happy our own mistakes aren&amp;#39;t blown up this way. And finally that: yes, it takes balls to walk back over to a mass of screaming people again, knowing, for the first time, that they don&amp;#39;t all love you anymore.\nMore stuff we&amp;#39;re buzzing over today...\nThe Jersey Shore Final-Season Trailer Is Here!\nAmy Poehler And Will Arnett Are Separating\nThe Best and Worst Moments of the VMAs\nP.S. Want more Obsessed? Sign up for our awesome daily newsletter that features the latest celebrity gossip, TV news, hilarious Internet sensations, and more!\nPhoto: Splash News, WireImage, Film Magic"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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